Laura Benanti Quotes
People don't say they're pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don't want the whole world to know your business, but at the same time, what does that mean? You don't tell your employers you're pregnant, but then when you miscarry, no one knows you miscarried. Miscarrying is a horrible, painful event.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
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I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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Walking strengthens my legs, and I swing my arms to tone my upper body.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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Even with a stable character, you want something surprising to happen, hopefully because that's what the camera loves the most. That's what is great about film.
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Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.
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People don't say they're pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don't want the whole world to know your business, but at the same time, what does that mean? You don't tell your employers you're pregnant, but then when you miscarry, no one knows you miscarried. Miscarrying is a horrible, painful event.
